I've had a Roku XS2 since about 2014 with little issue. After the latest firmware update in December, it seems that after I turn the TV off, when I later turn it back on, the TV gets no signal from the roku, which is connected via HDMI. The only solution is to unplug the power, and plug it back in, then the Roku comes back and works fine. Until the next time I turn off the TV that is.
This has not happened until the Dec update, previously it works fine. My Ultra also works fine as well. Any ideas?
"aj1701" wrote:
I've had a Roku XS2 since about 2014 with little issue. After the latest firmware update in December, it seems that after I turn the TV off, when I later turn it back on, the TV gets no signal from the roku, which is connected via HDMI. The only solution is to unplug the power, and plug it back in, then the Roku comes back and works fine. Until the next time I turn off the TV that is.
This has not happened until the Dec update, previously it works fine. My Ultra also works fine as well. Any ideas?
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"aj1701" wrote:
A factory reset didn't fix the issue either. I got the Roku new in 2012, 2014 was a typo. I still believe it is something with the latest update; just because it works for you does not mean there isn't an issue somewhere causing this. I know the TV and roku can talk via the HDMI CEC commands; maybe the TV tells the roku its turning off and the roku stops sending a video signal to save power, but its not correctly coming back from that. At any rate, the problem literally started immediately after the update, and I know the TV hasn't updated (its not connected to the network), so that only leaves the roku.
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Has anyone identified a fix for this? Have a Roku 2 XS model 3100x. Every time I shut off the TV, the Roku won't work when I turn the TV back on until I pull out the Roku power plug and put it back in. Then it goes through it's reboot process. Didn't used to do this. I realize the 3100 is "old," but if there is a fix I'd like to know.
I never found a fix; it seems like the Roku is actually on, but not outputting video. It's also warm to the touch, so maybe its caught in some kind of loop. I ended up buying the Roku Stick Premium+.
@aj1701 wrote:I never found a fix; it seems like the Roku is actually on, but not outputting video. It's also warm to the touch, so maybe its caught in some kind of loop. I ended up buying the Roku Premiere+.
I took my 2 XS out of a drawer about 6 months ago to test something for someone, but then it went right back into the drawer. it's just far too outdated and lacking performance to work with the current version of some channels. My older 3600 Stick still works fine, but it too is getting old. I'm going to be using my Premiere for my travels instead and retire the Stick. On the rest of my TVs I have either a Roku Ultra, Nvidia Shield, or the TV itself is a Roku. The older players just can't hack it any longer.
Thanks for the reply. I've concluded the same thing. Funny how "old" varies. This Roku is around 8 or 9 (?) years old. That'd be ancient for a cell phone, but practically new for a stereo system (I have a Pioneer turntable that's 42).
Well, that's the frustrating thing. Its not performant enough to run some of the current channels, but its obviously still powerful enough to play 1080p video & audio since it was capable of that from the day it was released. I think its reasonable expect to still work, just like a DVD player from the 90s can still play DVDs just fine assuming no mechanical problems b/c DVDs haven't changed.
@atc98092 wrote:I took my 2 XS out of a drawer about 6 months ago to test something for someone, but then it went right back into the drawer. it's just far too outdated and lacking performance to work with the current version of some channels.
@aj1701 wrote:
Well, that's the frustrating thing. Its not performant enough to run some of the current channels, but its obviously still powerful enough to play 1080p video & audio since it was capable of that from the day it was released. I think its reasonable expect to still work, just like a DVD player from the 90s can still play DVDs just fine assuming no mechanical problems b/c DVDs haven't changed.
Actually, the 2 XS even new would not play full bitrate 1080 Blu ray rips. It has a bitrate limit of about 14 Mbps, while Blu Ray movies can top 20 Mbps easily. I have some 1080 material that has peak bitrates over 40 Mbps. I had to configure my DLNA server to reduce the bitrate to about 12 Mbps to smoothly stream HD material. And it's always better to not have to do that. Starting with the players released around 2015/16, I found no problem streaming my BD rips, and only run into network limitations with UHD rips exceeding 100 Mbps.